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100 Inspirational Quotes from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (MOVIE)

Top 10 Most Famous ‘Lord of the Rings’ Quotes (BEST)

It came to me. It’s mine, my own, my love, my precious. - GollumPin
It came to me. It’s mine, my own, my love, my precious. – Gollum
All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you. - GandalfPin
All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you. – Gandalf
Not all those who wander are lost. - Bilbo BagginsPin
Not all those who wander are lost. – Bilbo Baggins
A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. - GandalfPin
A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. – Gandalf
That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for. - Samwise GamgeePin
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for. – Samwise Gamgee
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. - GaladrielPin
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. – Galadriel
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - Thorin OakenshieldPin
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. – Thorin Oakenshield
Your time will come. You will face the same evil, and you will defeat it. - ArwenPin
Your time will come. You will face the same evil, and you will defeat it. – Arwen
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge. It will heal nothing. - Frodo BagginsPin
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge. It will heal nothing. – Frodo Baggins
It’s the job that’s never started that takes longest to finish. - Samwise GamgeePin
It’s the job that’s never started that takes longest to finish. – Samwise Gamgee

Top 7 Most Inspiring ‘Lord of the Rings’ Quotes

“Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.”

Galadriel
Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. - AragornPin
Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. – Aragorn
This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace. - AragornPin
This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace. – Aragorn
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. - GandalfPin
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. – Gandalf
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. - GaladrielPin
May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. – Galadriel
It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life. - Bilbo BagginsPin
It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life. – Bilbo Baggins
Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the wise falter. - GandalfPin
Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the wise falter. – Gandalf

10 Wise ‘Lord of the Rings’ Quotes About Life (WISDOM)

“Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man’s heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.”

Aragorn
Death is just another path, one that we all must take. - GandalfPin
Death is just another path, one that we all must take. – Gandalf
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish. - Sam GamgeePin
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish. – Sam Gamgee
Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror. - GimliPin
Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror. – Gimli
The wide world is all about you you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out. - GildorPin
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out. – Gildor
The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them. - WardenPin
The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them. – Warden
You may learn something, and whether what you see be fair or evil, that may be profitable, and yet it may not. Seeing is both good and perilous. - GaladrielPin
You may learn something, and whether what you see be fair or evil, that may be profitable, and yet it may not. Seeing is both good and perilous. – Galadriel
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. - ElrondPin
Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. – Elrond
The wise speak only of what they know. - GandalfPin
The wise speak only of what they know. – Gandalf
Do not be so quick to deal out death and judgment. Even the very wise do not see all ends. - GandalfPin
Do not be so quick to deal out death and judgment. Even the very wise do not see all ends. – Gandalf

3 ‘Lord of the Rings’ Quotes About Courage

That there is courage also, and honor to be found in men. - BoromirPin
That there is courage also, and honor to be found in men. – Boromir
Courage is found in unlikely places. - GildorPin
Courage is found in unlikely places. – Gildor
A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not this day. - AragornPin
A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not this day. – Aragorn

2 ‘Lord of the Rings’ Quotes About Hope

Who knows Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope! - GandalfPin
Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope! – Gandalf
There is always hope. - AragornPin
There is always hope. – Aragorn

4 ‘Lord of the Rings’ Quotes About Friendship

A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship. - AragornPin
A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship. – Aragorn
What about side by side with a friend - Legolas GreenleafPin
What about side by side with a friend? – Legolas Greenleaf
For behold! the storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly be destroyed. - GandalfPin
For behold! the storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly be destroyed. – Gandalf
Oh, it’s quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors will open. - GandalfPin
Oh, it’s quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors will open. – Gandalf

6 ‘Lord of the Rings’ Quotes About Darkness

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

Haldir
Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall. - ElrondPin
Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall. – Elrond
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass. - Sam GamgeePin
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass. – Sam Gamgee
In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure. - FaramirPin
In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure. – Faramir
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. - GimliPin
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. – Gimli
Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. - GimliPin
Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. – Gimli

12 Memorable Quotes by Gandalf in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

“Well, what can I tell you? Life in the wide world goes on much as it has this past Age, full of its own comings and goings, scarcely aware of the existence of Hobbits, for which I am very thankful.”

Gandalf
The Ring has awoken, it’s heard its master’s call. - GandalfPin
The Ring has awoken, it’s heard its master’s call. – Gandalf
May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years! - GandalfPin
May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years! – Gandalf
Evil will be drawn to you from outside the fellowship. And, I fear, from within you must trust yourself. Trust your own strengths. - GandalfPin
Evil will be drawn to you from outside the fellowship. And, I fear, from within you must trust yourself. Trust your own strengths. – Gandalf
The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time. - GandalfPin
The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time. – Gandalf
When in doubt, follow your nose. - GandalfPin
When in doubt, follow your nose. – Gandalf
Fly, you fools! - GandalfPin
Fly, you fools! – Gandalf
You shall not pass! - GandalfPin
You shall not pass! – Gandalf
One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. - GandalfPin
One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. – Gandalf
The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart. - GandalfPin
The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart. – Gandalf
There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power. - GandalfPin
There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power. – Gandalf
I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now… at the turn of the tide. - GandalfPin
I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now… at the turn of the tide. – Gandalf

3 Quotes by Galadriel in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the company is true. - GaladrielPin
The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the company is true. – Galadriel
For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all. - GaladrielPin
For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all. – Galadriel
All shall love me and despair! - GaladrielPin
All shall love me and despair! – Galadriel

5 Quotes by Bilbo Baggins in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Don’t adventures ever have an end I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story. - Bilbo BagginsPin
Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story. – Bilbo Baggins
No, thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers or distant relations! - Bilbo BagginsPin
No, thank you! We don’t want any more visitors, well-wishers or distant relations! – Bilbo Baggins
I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. - Bilbo BagginsPin
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. – Bilbo Baggins
Gandalf, my old friend, this will be a night to remember. - Bilbo BagginsPin
Gandalf, my old friend, this will be a night to remember. – Bilbo Baggins
I thought up an ending for my book 'And he lived happily ever after, unto the end of his days.' - Bilbo BagginsPin
I thought up an ending for my book: ‘And he lived happily ever after, unto the end of his days.’ – Bilbo Baggins

5 Quotes by Frodo Baggins in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

It is a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. - Frodo BagginsPin
It is a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. – Frodo Baggins
I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way. - Frodo BagginsPin
I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way. – Frodo Baggins
I don’t know, and I would rather not guess. - Frodo BagginsPin
I don’t know, and I would rather not guess. – Frodo Baggins
I’m glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee… here at the end of all things. - Frodo BagginsPin
I’m glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee… here at the end of all things. – Frodo Baggins
I know what I must do. It’s just… I’m afraid to do it. - Frodo BagginsPin
I know what I must do. It’s just… I’m afraid to do it. – Frodo Baggins

10 Quotes by Samwise Gamgee in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

“Mordor. The one place in Middle-Earth we don’t want to see any closer. And it’s the one place we’re trying to get to. It’s just where we can’t get. Let’s face it, Mr. Frodo, we’re lost.”

Samwise Gamgee
I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you. - Samwise GamgeePin
I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you. – Samwise Gamgee
Potatoes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew. - Samwise GamgeePin
Potatoes! Boil ’em, mash ’em, stick ’em in a stew. – Samwise Gamgee
I’m coming, Mr. Frodo. - Samwise GamgeePin
I’m coming, Mr. Frodo. – Samwise Gamgee

“Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.”

Samwise Gamgee
Do you remember the taste of strawberries - Samwise GamgeePin
Do you remember the taste of strawberries? – Samwise Gamgee
I made a promise, Mr. Frodo. A promise. 'Don’t you leave him, Samwise Gamgee.' And I don’t mean to. I don’t mean to. - Samwise GamgeePin
I made a promise, Mr. Frodo. A promise. ‘Don’t you leave him, Samwise Gamgee.’ And I don’t mean to. I don’t mean to. – Samwise Gamgee
Books ought to have good endings. How would this do 'And they all settled down and lived together happily ever after.' - Samwise GamgeePin
Books ought to have good endings. How would this do? ‘And they all settled down and lived together happily ever after.’ – Samwise Gamgee
Snow’s all right on a fine morning, but I like to be in bed when it’s falling. - Samwise GamgeePin
Snow’s all right on a fine morning, but I like to be in bed when it’s falling. – Samwise Gamgee
I wonder if we'll ever be put into songs or tales. - Samwise GamgeePin
I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales. – Samwise Gamgee

4 Quotes by Gimli in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

You are the luckiest, the canniest, and the most reckless man I ever knew. - GimliPin
You are the luckiest, the canniest, and the most reckless man I ever knew. – Gimli
You'll find more cheer in a graveyard. - GimliPin
You’ll find more cheer in a graveyard. – Gimli
Not the beard! - GimliPin
Not the beard! – Gimli
Nobody tosses a Dwarf! - GimliPin
Nobody tosses a Dwarf! – Gimli

2 Quotes by Aragorn in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

I can avoid being seen, if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift. - AragornPin
I can avoid being seen, if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift. – Aragorn
It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek. - AragornPin
It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek. – Aragorn

2 Quotes by Boromir in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing… such a little thing. - BoromirPin
It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing… such a little thing. – Boromir
One does not simply walk into Mordor. - BoromirPin
One does not simply walk into Mordor. – Boromir

2 Quotes by Arwen in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. - ArwenPin
I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. – Arwen
And to that, I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. - ArwenPin
And to that, I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. – Arwen

2 Quotes by Gollum in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

We swears, to serve the master of the Precious. We will swear on… on the Precious! - GollumPin
We swears, to serve the master of the Precious. We will swear on… on the Precious! – Gollum
But the fat Hobbit, he knows. Eyes always watching. - GollumPin
But the fat Hobbit, he knows. Eyes always watching. – Gollum

2 Quotes by Pippin in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

What about second breakfast - PippinPin
What about second breakfast? – Pippin
Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of… mission… quest… thing. - PippinPin
Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of… mission… quest… thing. – Pippin

9 ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Quotes that Will Make You Think & Ponder

“But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.”

Celeborn
All’s well that ends better. - Hamfast GamgeePin
All’s well that ends better. – Hamfast Gamgee
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn. - LegolasPin
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn. – Legolas
You can not hide, I see you! There is no life after me. Only death! - SauronPin
You can not hide, I see you! There is no life after me. Only death! – Sauron
War will make corpses of us all. - FaramirPin
War will make corpses of us all. – Faramir
The old world will burn in the fires of industry. The forests will fall. A new order will rise. - SarumanPin
The old world will burn in the fires of industry. The forests will fall. A new order will rise. – Saruman
The time of the Elves… is over. Do we leave Middle-Earth to its fate Do we let them stand alone - Lady of the WoodPin
The time of the Elves… is over. Do we leave Middle-Earth to its fate? Do we let them stand alone? – Lady of the Wood
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery. - TreebeardPin
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery. – Treebeard
You have no authority here! Your orders mean nothing! - ÉomerPin
You have no authority here! Your orders mean nothing! – Éomer
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